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Authors of Children's Books - A Reading List
A long time ago I found a list of authors for different kinds of children's books and found it very useful when visiting the library and looking for books to challenge my children's reading preferences, or for good read aloud books we could enjoy together. I haven't read books by all the authors on the list so I am not recommending them to your children as I don't know if all the authors are suitable for all children.
Children's Friendship Stories
- Krista Bell
- Judy Blume
- Garry Disher
- Elaine Forestal
- Steven Herrick
- Odo Kirsch
- Diana Kidd
- Martine Murry
- Jean Ure
- Robert Newton
- Trevor Todd
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- Catherine Bateson
- Beverley Cleary
- Sharon Creech
- Rachel Flynn
- Oliver Hassencramp
- Robin Klein
- Jacqueline Wilson
- Josie Montano
- David Metzenthen
- Jenny Oldfield
- James Roy
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Children's Fantasy Stories
- Joan Aiken
- Diana Wynne Jones
- Lyne Reid Banks
- Debi Gliori
- Eoin Colfer
- Cornelia Funke
- Susan Cooper
- Gary Crew
- John Flanagan
- Anna Fienberg
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- CS Lewis
- Paul Stewart
- Dave Luckett
- JK Rowling
- Edith Nesbit
- Emily Rodda
- Jenny Nimmo
- Garth Nix
- Ursula LeGuin
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Children's Animal Stories
- Duncan Ball
- Colin Thiele
- Errol Broome
- Jenny Oldfield
- Bonnie Bryant
- Stephen Measday
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- Lucy Daniels
- Dick King Smith
- Colin Dann
- Odo Hirsch
- Kate DiCamillo
- Wendy Elks
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Children's Adventure Stories
- Joan Aiken
- Gordon Korman
- Allan Baillie
- Peg Kehret
- Joy Cowley
- Elizabeth Honey
- Phil Cummings
- Odo Hirsch
- John Heffernan
- Justin D'Ath
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- Ursula Dubosarksy
- Anna Fienberg
- Anthony Masters
- Johann David Wyss
- Geoffrey McSkimming
- Wendy Orr
- Richard Tulloch
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- James Roy
- Mary Pope Osborne
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Children's Humourous Stories
- Andrew Daddo
- JA Mawter
- Justin D'Ath
- Terry Denton
- Lois Lowry
- Colin Dowland
- Michael Lawrence
- Paul Jennings
- Anne Fine
- Morris Gleitzman
- Moya Strong
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- Jacky French
- Andy Griffiths
- Carl Hiaasen
- Jonathan Harlen
- Jeremy Strong
- Geoffrey McSkimming
- Jenny Oldfield
- Dav Pilkey
- Natalie Jane Prior
- Terry Pratchett
- Louis Sacher
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Children's Humourous Stories
- Andrew Daddo
- JA Mawter
- Justin D'Ath
- Terry Denton
- Lois Lowry
- Colin Dowland
- Michael Lawrence
- Paul Jennings
- Anne Fine
- Morris Gleitzman
- Moya Strong
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- Jacky French
- Andy Griffiths
- Carl Hiaasen
- Jonathan Harlen
- Jeremy Strong
- Geoffrey McSkimming
- Jenny Oldfield
- Dav Pilkey
- Natalie Jane Prior
- Terry Pratchett
- Louis Sacher
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Chilren's Sport Stories
- Felice Arena
- Garry Lyon
- Maryann Ballyntyne
- Rose Impey
- Pat Flynn
- Wendy Elks
- David Bedford
- Krista Bell
- Raewyn Caisley
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- Meredith Coleman
- Michael Coleman
- JA Mawter
- Johnny Warren
- Eric Walters
- Michael Panckridge
- Michael Wagner
- Clare Renner
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Children's Ghost Stories
- Duncan Ball
- Robert Swindells
- Louise Cooper
- Lee Striker
- Robert D San Souci
- Bruce Corville
- RL Stine
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- Terry Deary
- Anthony Masters
- Richard Harland
- Anthony Masters
- Catherine Jinks
- Eva Ibbotson
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Children's Classics
- Richard Adams
- Louisa May Alcott
- Natalie Babbitt
- Roald Dahl
- Lewis Carroll
- Frances H Burnett
- RM Ballantyne
- Charlotte Bronte
- JM Barrie
- Michael Bond
- Judy Blume
- Frank L Baum
- Tomie De Paola
- Charles Dickens
- Graham Oakley
- Mary Norton
- AA Milne
- CS Lewis
- Jack London
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- Paul Gallico
- Leon Garfield
- May Gibbs
- Kenneth Grahame
- Russell Hoban
- Rose Impey
- Dick King-Smith
- Rudyard Kipling
- Norman Lindsay
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- EB White
- Randolph Stow
- Anna Sewell
- Alf Proysen
- Beatrix Potter
- Philippa Pearce
- Katherine Patterson
- Ruth Park
- Norman Lindsay
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